媒体评论
“I've been whizzing through 22 Lengths and I'm absolutely thrilled.
Heartwarming, fine, merciless and really beautiful at the same time."
----ALINA BRONSKY
“22 Lengths is an accomplished debut by Caroline Wahl, an exciting new voice in German fiction. A suspenseful and eminently readable story that grapples with serious themes, it offers a sharp portrayal of small-town attitudes and the struggles faced by a young woman on the cusp of adulthood.”
----New Books in German
“This story credibly gets across the challenges faced by Tilda, a young woman left to bring up her sister because of her mother’s alcoholism. Tilda’s lack of self-pity and humour carry the story, which is ultimately heartwarming and positive.It also provides some insights into what it’s like to be an outsider growing up in a small provincial community.”
----Lucy Jones, translator
"Crass, unsparing, laconic, tender - the author [...] develops an extremely original sound with which she thrusts her readers into this desolate family drama. Any attempt to put the book down is futile, you can't get out of it. [...] Caroline Wahl has delivered an impressive debut about the hardships of growing up, in which hope and darkness balance each other out. Warm-heartedly, she depicts an intimate sisterly relationship and succeeds in describing a kitsch-free tenderness that is touching but never maudlin."
----Franziska Wolffheim, TAGESSPIEGEL
"Very well written, very gripping, very beautiful. [...]
A very authentic, very dense, very close book. I enjoyed reading it insanely."
----Elke Heidenreich, SPIEGEL ONLINE
"This small family novel [...] is as shimmeringly bright as a June day, swinging back and forth with great ease like a hammock. Keeps perfect balance with all the emotion one feels while reading. Sometimes hard, always heartfelt."
----Christine Westermann, STERN
"Caroline Wahl tells her story in a light, clear, fast-paced language with an eye for detail.
Caroline Wahl has written a ravishing debut novel."
----Christoph Amend, ZEIT MAGAZIN NEWSLETTER
"Wahl sharply observes and mercilessly dissects this dysfunctional remnant of a small-town family."
----Jana Magdanz, WDR5 SCALA
"What the author conjures out of this dreary basic setting is for me the surprise of the book spring."
----Hans-Peter Herberhold - GÖTTINGER TAGBLATT
"A debut that really inspires. Caroline Wahl keeps the balance, she takes her heroines seriously, doesn't lose a word too much and yet is very close to them."
----Kristine Harthauer, SWR2 LESENSWERT
"In 22 Lengths Caroline Wahl draws her protagonists with complexity, shows their longings and their pain. This is precisely the strength of this very readable book."
----Sally-Charell Delin – SR2 Kulturradio
"'22 Lengths is a highly readable, accomplished debut."
----Yasemin Ergin, NDR Book of the Month
"Tilda's life is a struggle: against the small town, against her mother's alcoholism - and for Ida. Caroline Wahl has delivered a great debut novel with 22 Lengths".
----Jürgen Schickinger, BADISCHE ZEITUNG
"Lots of emotion without being sentimental, tender-hard realism at its best."
----Silvia Feist, EMOTION
"I want to get into the book and swim off."
----Anne Hahn, NEUES DEUTSCHLAND
"A debut novel full of warmth!"
----Ulrike Schädlich, FREUNDIN
"Magnificent, subtle and told in beautiful language.”
----NEUE PRESSE
"Perhaps even one of the best summer books of this year."
----Sven Trautwein, FRANKFURTER NEUE PRESSE
"Caroline Wahl's storytelling in her debut novel is never cheesy, always unsparing and at the same time so touching that I don't want it to end and life to get its act together after all"
----Daniela Stohn, BRIGITTE
"My book of the summer [...] that won't let you go."
----Mike Altwicker, DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR – LESART
"A book that hits right to the heart and shows how and where happiness can be found."
----Ute Rodde, AACHENER ZEITUNG
"A really, really great story. Incredibly well told, with some summer vibes in it, but also very serious touches. I'm a fan. [...] One of the best books so far this year."
----Mona Ameziane, WDR 1LIVE STORIES
"22 Lanes is my book of the spring!
Caroline Wahl strikes a very special tone between dry humour, tragedy and poetry."
----Katharina Mahrenholtz, NDR EAT SLEEP READ